Otakus and cinema fans alike who’d been hoping to take a gander at Takashi Miike’s live action adaptation, JoJo’s Bizzare Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable – Chapter 1, are in luck with Tuesday’s newly-announced release of the film on Blu-Ray/DVD combo pack.
I may get some flack for not being the most knowledgeable anime fan, but that didn’t stop me from catching up big time in 2016. Hunter X Hunter was a huge, surprise stop for me that year in getting familar with one of the most signature, harrowing adventures ever told in anime history, though unfamiliar as I was with the animated side stories and features released in 2013.
Nearly a decade after its webcomic launch in 2009, the One Punch Man fandom hasn’t at all lost its steam. It’s biggest hopes of late now ride on the animated series following its premiere in 2015 with the long-awaited season two launch now set to arrive in April of next year with Sakurai Chikara directing at J.C. Staff.
Willis Bulliner (Agents of Mayhem, storyboards on Netflix’s Castlevania) is directing the series from a script by Dan Dominguez (Captain Underpants, Spongebob Squarepants, Crash and Bernstein) and Alvaro Rodriguez (Machete, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) who co-created the series with Powerhouse CEO Brad Graeber. Powerhouse is handling development and production od the series for Netflix to start streaming sometime in 2019.
In the film, someone has stolen Kurapika’s eyes—and according to him, it was another survivor from his clan who were massacred for their Scarlet Eyes! Gon and Killua begin investigating on his behalf, but shortly after they’ve begun, the Phantom Troupe appears!
The manga is pretty far in and it gets much more comedic, enjoyable, and deep from here on out but the series itself has finally been animated and is streaming on Viz Media. Currently, there are only 2 episodes out but check it out, the art and animation is definitely top notch and there is no doubt that this is going to be the biggest anime in the Winter season.
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